| System Backup Administrator (SBAdmin) is the | | | | Linux and AIX machines is the primary target for the |
| flagship offering from Storix; a recovery and backup | | | | SBAdmin, however, the product's maker, Storix, Inc., |
| platform primarily targeted for Linux and AIX | | | | notes that Windows or Mac OS X based backups |
| equipment. The SBAdmin platform differing primarily in | | | | are also a possible option to be considered within the |
| scale and offered in multiple flavors; including the | | | | Network Administrator version; a process which is |
| feature Desktop limited edition, for non single system, | | | | made possible due to the product's ability to backup |
| non-commercial users; the Workstation edition, to | | | | exposed data via the SMB protocol. This exposed |
| perform with multiple systems or single systems that | | | | data is then backed up by first moving the SMB data |
| do not share network resources; and lastly the | | | | temporarily on to a Linux SMB host and then backing it |
| Network Administrator version, which allows between | | | | up from there. The data can then be restored to Linux |
| network machines, in particular the centralized | | | | or AIX file systems, if desired, as an additional feature |
| management of backup jobs. Each machine on the | | | | if the user so chooses. As described above, full |
| network can be a client (to be backed up from) or a | | | | system recoveries are not available for backups that |
| server (to be backed up to) or both in the Network | | | | are SMB-based. |
| Administrator version, with the central console | | | | Additional optional features include backup encryption. |
| monitoring their status and managing the backup jobs | | | | The data is encrypted at the client prior to being |
| between them. | | | | transmitted over the network, with options by the |
| SBAdmin platform's key function is its ability to perform | | | | original machine, or a machine with the proper |
| full system recovery of data to machines with differing | | | | encryption keys installed, to limit the backup to being |
| hardware from the original source; facilitating such | | | | read only. The ability to execute live backups of |
| operations as the replication or cloning of machines | | | | point-in-time data, via Split-Mirror-Backups on AIX |
| without the need to reinstall the O/S and applications | | | | systems and Snapshot Logical Volumes on Linux; and |
| individually on new equipment. As referred by Storix. | | | | an elective Oracle Database Backup feature |
| Inc., as the Adaptable System Recovery (ASR), the | | | | incorporating Oracle database backups with the |
| technology provides for restores that acclimatize the | | | | SBAdmin interface. |
| backed up data to the hardware detected during | | | | SBAdmin's latest release is the aforementioned Oracle |
| installation. If differences are detected between the | | | | RMAN integration, as well as a remote install manager |
| backup and the newly detected hardware, the | | | | permitting remotely managed system recovery; a |
| software will make recommendations to the user on | | | | Web-based interface; support for numerous |
| how to complete the restoration, such as making the | | | | compression levels; retention policies and new |
| user aware of the selection of new disks or of the | | | | notification; and according to Storix, Inc., offers a |
| automated shrinking of file systems. In addition to | | | | performance amplification of up to 2x write and 4x |
| migrating a backup to new hardware, the backup can | | | | read. |
| be modified when restored to the same machine as | | | | With pricing ranging from $99 for the desktop version |
| well; facilitating the transferring of storage allocations | | | | to $895 for the Network Administrator version, |
| on the device, such as: migrating to Logical Volumes or | | | | SDAdmin is available now. There is an additional cost |
| Software RAID from disk partitions; transferring | | | | of $395 for additional backup client/server licenses. |
| partitions to different disks; splitting a single FS into | | | | Visit the Storix, Inc. web site for more information. |
| multiple systems, etc.). | | | | |